Mum's the word for Kelly's beau: Thom Evans says he is NOT asking sex symbol girlfriend Kelly Brooks to get married

Former Scots rugby star Thom Evans, 26 has revealed he will not be going down the aisle any time soon with girlfriend Kelly Brook, 32

She is one of Britain’s most popular sex symbols — which makes Kelly Brook’s boyfriend, former Scots rugby star Thom Evans, one of the country’s most envied men.

So those who thought Thom, who has been dating 32-year-old Kelly for a year, was on the point of proposing marriage to the shapely TV presenter and bikini model will be baffled to know he isn’t.

For Thom tells me his mother, Sally, disapproves of the idea.

The beautiful couple on the night of Kelly's 32nd birthday last month

‘My mother says I have still got plenty of time to settle down and has advised me not to get married yet,’ says Thom, 26, who was out on the town without Kelly at the Kings Club in Chelsea.

Thom, who narrowly escaped being paralysed in a career-ending match against Wales last year, was there for the launch of a new fashion range by Eliza Woodcock, designer daughter of ex-England footballer Tony Woodcock.

Says Thom: ‘The thing is Kelly is six years older than me. I don’t mind her being older.

'It’s not a bad idea to have an older woman, because, as my mother says, women live a lot longer than men, so it makes sense.

‘So contrary to popular belief, we are not getting engaged or married.’